gokeefe wrote:Given what's being done with the diners I'm having a hard time imagining a major service expansion
I'd say quite the opposite. What's happening with diners (being downgraded to cafes) makes it
easier to add sleepers.
Wherever the 1-to-1 tether has been cut between selling a sleeper and mandating a "diner sitting seat + laboriously-cooked meal," Amtrak can now add sleepers wherever people's primary reason for travel overnight is, well,
sleeping (and where the cost comparison isn't flying, but rather that
"big city" hotels are expensive)
I think that means (assuming I'm remembering which ones have ditched their diner promise)
Short, big-city-centric trips: 66/67, LSL, Capitol Limited,
Long price-sensitive trips: Cardinal & Silver Star
As long as the Crescent can't add/drop at ATL and has to haul everything through the ATL-NOL wilderness, I can't see it getting more sleepers.